Marketing NZ’s Premium Products – Great Market Stories
14 November 2017
A Marlborough Food and Beverage Innovation Cluster event Have you ever wondered how other successful Marlborough companies expanded their export markets? Would you like to find out what strategies worked and which didn’t? We have brought together some of Marlborough’s … Continue reading
Modern Developments in Pharmaceutical Drug Formulations
8 November 2017
Topic Modern developments in pharmaceutical drug formulations Venue Marlborough Research Centre Theatre Date Wednesday, 8th November 2017, Time 6 pm. Speaker Dennis Robinson, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center Overview … Continue reading
mFBI Workshop
4 March 2015
MRC Theatre 3.00 – 5.00pm 85 Budge Street, Blenheim Our first Cluster meeting for the year is Wednesday 4th March from 3-5pm followed by networking and refreshments. The programme is: Mitchell Lee who is on a fixed term contract at … Continue reading
Bio-resource Processing Alliance Workshop
18 February 2015
This workshop will be taking place in Marlborough on Wednesday 18th February that may be of interest to you or any of your team who are interested in opportunities to add value to low value by-products or waste streams arising … Continue reading
The Effect of Culture and Expertise on Perceived Wine Quality
3 December 2014
Topic The Effect of Culture and Expertise on Perceived Wine Quality Speaker Dr Dominique Valentin Date Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Overview of presentation: What makes a quality wine? Are some wines objectively “better” quality than others? Is wine quality a universal … Continue reading
Mapping the Weather, Climate and Grapevine Flowering in Marlborough
10th November 2014
Speakers Andy Sturman, Eila Gendig and Marwan Katurji, University of Canterbury Mike Trought and Amber Parker, Plant & Food Research Overview Powerpoint Presentations
MRC Business Forum
6th November 2014
The Marlborough Food & Beverage Innovation Cluster in Association with Massey University, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and ANZ Bank Thursday 6th November 3pm – 5pm See attached details
Marlborough Dryland Pasture Seminar 2014
28th August 2014
Marlborough Research Centre Lecture Theatre; Budge St.; Blenheim Thursday August 28th 2014 Time: 5.45pm – 9 pm
Unravelling the nature of perceived minerality in white wine
24 July 2014
Speaker Dr Wendy Parr Powerpoint Presentation – Overview
Understanding and manipulating Pinot noir phenolic profiles
17 June 2014
Speaker Dr Bob Dambergs, Research Associate, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture – Overview … Continue reading
Natural Disasters & Global Climate Change
14 November 2013
Speaker: Professor John McAneney, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia Powerpoint Presentation
Measurement and modelling of climate variability at the vineyard scale: a New Zealand case study
8 October 2013
Speakers Andy Sturman, Eila Gendig, Marwan Katurji, Iman Soltanzadeh, Peyman Zawar-Reza Powerpoint Presentations
Grapevine Trunk Diseases
6 August 2013
Speaker 1: Georgia Jimenez Title: Biology and control of pathogenic fungi associated with declining mature grapevines. Speaker 2: Nicolas Amponsah Title: Epidemiology of the Botryosphaeriaceous species associated with grapevines in New Zealand Powerpoint Presentations
Varietal phenology and maturation in the grapevine and its interaction with leaf area to fruit weight manipulations
19 June 2013
Speaker Amber Parker, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Understanding NZ Farmer Perspectives & Responses to a Changing Climate & Policies
Thursday 30th May 2013
http://environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/project/climate-change-and-agriculture Speaker Meredith Niles, PhD candidate in Ecology of the University of California, Davis and a United States National Science Foundation Fellow. Information Sheets and Powerpoint Presentaion
Food & Beverage Innovation : A Vision & Strategy for Marlborough
19 April 2013
‘Creating the future of food – is about building a common vision with leadership, commitment, bringing together the right parties to create a world class food sector’ Date: Friday 19 April 2013 commencing 9.30am Venue: Marlborough Research Centre (MRC) 85 … Continue reading
Marlborough wine: past, present, and in 2050. What role research?
1 March 2013
Friday 1 March at 4pm Speaker – Dr Richard Smart “Richard will take a retrospective look at the Marlborough wine industry, from when he first visited in the late 1970s, to its present status, and how/why it got there, and … Continue reading
Falcons For Grapes For Falcons
10 December 2012
– Dr Sara Kross, Programme Manager of the Marlborough Falcon Trust – Diana Dobson, Avian Manager, of the Marlborough Falcon Trust.
MRC Forum 2012
30 October 2012
‘A Call to Arms’ – advancing Marlborough & New Zealand’s competitive position in the world Tuesday 30 October RSVP maree@mrc.org.nz 4pm MRC Theatre, 85 Budge Street, Blenheim Welcome & Introductory comments – Ivan Sutherland – Chairman MRC Board MRC Update … Continue reading
Bill Wheaton Workshop
11 October – 4pm to 5pm
MRC Theatre – 85 Budge Street RSVP: maree@mrc.org.nz Bill Wheaton is the Director Geospaal Science and Technology programme and a Senior Research Geographer at RTI International. Mr Wheaton has been invited to overview his internaonal research programmes and provide a case … Continue reading
MRC Climate Seminar
October 2012
Climate variability and the NZ Wind Industry– Professor Andrew Sturman UoC Climate data interpolation and mapping applciations – Dr Andrew Tait NIWA. Seasonal fluctuations in grapevine yield components – Dr. Mike Trought PFR Powerpoint Presentations
Botrytis Decision Support Models – Early and Late Season/Brix
July 2012
Rob Beresford PFR Continue reading
Botrytis Risk Assessment Tools – BRAT
July 2012
Speaker Gareth Hill Pland & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Botrytis Disease Monitoring
July 2012
Speaker Alistair McKay Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Seasonal Climate Update and the Influence of Seasonal Climate on Sauvignon Yield Components
June 2012
Speaker – Rob Agnew Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Yield Prediction Model and Outlook for 2013
June 2012
Speaker Mike Trought, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Influence of cane number on yield components of Sauvignon blanc
30 May 2012
Speaker – Marc Greven, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Effects of temperature and yield on Sauvignon blanc phenology
June 2012
Speaker Rob Agnew, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Pinot Noir inflorescence and bunch position influences
June 2012
Speaker – Damian Martin, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Pinot noir bunch variation, the effect of shoulders
June 2012
– Jeff Bennett, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Efforts to Develop a NZ Sauvignon Blanc Juice Index
May 2012
Speaker – Marc Greven, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation
Industry Update on current Grapevine Trunk Disease
May 2012
Speaker – Dion Mundy, Plant & Food Research Powerpoint Presentation

